Addie Morfoot Contributor Chris Smith‘s “Devo” will open the ninth edition of Chicago’s Doc10 documentary film festival on May 2.
The film, which premiered at Sundance 2024, charts the life of the art-movement-turned-band Devo from Akron, Ohio, through archival footage of the band and candid sit-down interviews with band members.
Smith (“American Movie,” “Tiger King”) follows the band on their journey from Dadaist, Kent State radicals to unlikely icons of 1980s MTV.
Currently celebrating their 50 years of De-Evolution Tour, Devo band members will join Doc10 in a live, virtual Q&A moderated by WXRT’s Marty Lennartz.
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